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Their own payment-practices filing · gov.uk

D.C. Thomson & Company Limited paid suppliers in 46 days on average — inside its 60-day stated terms

CRN SC005830 · Information & communication · 7 statutory reports on record · period to 30 Jun 2021

Dated record. The latest report covers a period ending 30 Jun 2021 and the company hasn’t filed since (it may have dropped below the reporting threshold). Treat the figures as historical.
46daysavg time to pay · H1 2021

Their H1 2021 filing put the average 14 days inside their stated 60-day term.

Their stated terms
60 days
Paid outside agreed terms
75% of invoices
Paid after 61+ days
13%
Reporting period
1 Jan 2021 – 30 Jun 2021
Source
their gov.uk filing, filed 23 Nov 2021

Self-reported figures from their statutory filing. How this is compiled.

Terms vs reality · their H1 2021 filing

Paid 14 days inside the 60-day term they state

The pattern · last 6 of 7 reports

33 → 46 days — slower across the window

The read · computed from their figures

D.C. Thomson & Company Limited's H1 2021 filing put their average at 46 days against stated terms of 60 days; 75% of invoices were paid outside agreed terms and 13% took 61 days or longer. Filed 23 Nov 2021.

The direction is slower: from 33 days in H1 2019 to 46 now — 13 days slower across their last 6 reports.

That is 7 statutory periods on record (earliest H2 2018) — a historical record, not a promise for a new invoice.

What they tell their suppliers

Offers e-invoicing

In their own words · from the filing

Standard payment terms

as per terms and conditions on our website

Dispute resolution

as per terms and conditions on our website

Every statutory report on record

Most recent first.

PeriodAvg daysOutside terms61+ daysFiled
H1 20214675%13%23 Nov 2021
H2 20203777%9%12 Feb 2021
H2 20204888%17%11 Feb 2021
H1 20204575%14%11 Feb 2021
H2 20194241%12%5 Nov 2019
H1 20193338%8%19 Jul 2019
H2 20184418%15%19 Jul 2019

On the public register · Companies House

Company record

Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
27 Mar 1905
Registered office
COURIER BUILDINGS, DUNDEE, DD1 9QJ
0 outstanding charges on the register Accounts due 31 Dec 2026

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Quick answers · D.C. Thomson & Company Limited

Are they getting slower or faster?
Their reported average has moved about 13 days slower over the window (33 → 46 days).
What's their typical pay point?
Their latest filed report put the average at day 46; across their last 6 reports it ranged 33–48 days. Treat that as a historical reference point, not a promise for a new invoice.
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What is a Payment Practices Report?
UK companies and LLPs above a size threshold — broadly, two of: turnover over £54m, balance sheet over £27m, or more than 250 employees — must report twice a year, under the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017, how quickly they actually pay suppliers: the average time to pay, the share of invoices paid in 30 days or fewer, 31 to 60 days and 61 days or longer, and their standard payment terms. Those thresholds apply to financial years beginning on or after 6 April 2025; for earlier financial years they were £36m and £18m, with the same 250-employee test.
What does "paid outside agreed terms" mean?
The share of invoices paid later than the terms in the supplier contract. If terms are 30 days and an invoice is paid on day 45, it counts as paid outside terms, regardless of the headline average.
How often is this data updated?
Each report covers a six-month period and must be filed within 30 days of that period ending, so a company's record refreshes roughly twice a year. PaidLate re-reads the register as new reports are filed.
Is this official government data?
The underlying payment figures come from the company's own statutory filings on the gov.uk payment-practices service; company-status data comes from Companies House. PaidLate calculates trends, comparisons and summaries from those records. It does not use surveys or credit-agency scores.

How this is compiled. Built from official records only: Companies House and the gov.uk payment-practices service. The payment figures are self-reported — companies over the size threshold must file them by law and the board signs them off. No credit-agency data. The numbers are theirs; the plain-English read is ours. This is information compiled from public records under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — not a credit rating and not advice.

The 31-day comparison figure is the median across 6,104 companies with a current statutory report — every sector pooled, not an average of sector medians (how the figure is built).

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